Wunder 0 - 1 vanHapert (392891174)

Clouds darkened the skies at Wunder United Arena as 1072 spectators turned up for the match. Naiden Filipov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michael Luther and Carlo Loria. Wunder had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Starters: van Heuven - Henriksson, Heskey, Spinola, Kounadakis, Tuğlu - Iacob, Kalker, Kordežu - Verplancke, van Opstal.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for vanHapert. They fielded: Spies - de Beer, Caciara, Drijber - Kurpershoek, van Heel, van Eck, van der Woerd - Vercamer, Gašpar, Üres.

Wunder were relying on their ability to counter-attack. vanHapert used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The goal to make it 0 - 1 was scored by C. Vercamer after 8 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by vanHapert. R. Drijber received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 25 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. After 43 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as vanHapert found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

A review of the gameplan helped vanHapert get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. vanHapert came close to extending their lead as B. Üres delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 69 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. Possession in this half belonged to vanHapert, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Wunder's best player was I. Heskey. S. Kordežu on the other hand, had a terrible day. C. Vercamer performed admirably for vanHapert. On the other hand, N. Kurpershoek's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.